Crossbow killer pleads GUILTY to murdering BBC star’s wife & two daughters in rampage – but denies raping tragic ex

A KILLER has pleaded blameworthy to murdering a BBC Star's household but denied raping his tragic ex successful a fearfulness crossbow attack.

Carol Hunt, 61, Louise, 25, and Hannah, 28, were recovered dormant astatine the household location successful Bushey, Hertfordshire, successful July.

Louise's ex Kyle Clifford was arrested pursuing a manhunt but was incapable to beryllium interviewed portion helium was treated for an wounded successful hospital.

The 26-year-old appeared astatine Cambridge Crown Court contiguous wherever helium dramatically changed changed his plea connected 3 counts of execution to guilty.

He besides admitted mendacious imprisonment aft tying Louise up and 2 counts of possession of violative weapons.

This relates to a 10-inch butcher's weapon and a crossbow.

Clifford denied raping Louise connected July 9 - the aforesaid time the household were killed.

The mendacious imprisonment complaint states Clifford allegedly "assaulted and unlawfully and injuriously imprisoned Louise Hunt and detained her against her will".

Clifford was remanded into custody up of a proceedings connected the rape proceedings connected March 3.

Police arrived astatine the location to find the beforehand doorway unfastened and Louise tied up, the tribunal was antecedently told.

Her sister Hannah had been changeable with a crossbow, portion mum Carol was stabbed to decease with a knife, it was said.

It is understood the BBC racing commentator John Hunt was informed of the calamity arsenic helium returned from enactment astatine Lingfield Park.

A manhunt was launched for Clifford, with footage showing a antheral striding distant from the country clutching a ample weapon.

Hertfordshire Police took the antithetic measurement of naming and picturing Clifford, who served in the Queen's Dragoon Guards, arsenic the hunt for the alleged slayer widened.

John and surviving girl Amy antecedently released a connection saying their devastation "cannot beryllium enactment into words".

They added: “We would similar to convey radical for their benignant messages and for the enactment we person received successful caller days.

"These person provided large comfortableness to america for which we are precise grateful."

In a further connection work to Sky Sports Racing viewers by workfellow Matt Chapman, John paid tribute to his "inspirational" surviving daughter.

He said: "Notwithstanding the horrid evil that's swept done our lives, wreaking devastation connected an unimaginable scale, the antagonistic to that has been the breathtaking messages of support, immoderate of which are inactive to beryllium read.

"Amy, my eldest daughter, has been magnificently inspirational with her power and enactment for me, which I americium trying truthful hard to replicate.

"Every connection has felt truthful important, the aforesaid arsenic a reassuring hug.

"We cognize radical are disquieted astir us. We volition get done this."